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I haven’t been out of the house for almost two weeks. I go back to the doctor tomorrow to see if I can start putting weight on my foot. I already have been–how else am I going to get upstairs to go to the bathroom?–but the doctor doesn’t know that. And I still seem to be healing well. At least I was at my last appointment which was two weeks ago.

My worst day so far was yesterday. I slept until one in the afternoon to begin with and then all I wanted to do once I got up was go back to sleep. I was that bored. At least my dreams are interesting. I feel like I’m getting so weak sitting on the couch all day, but what am I going to do until I can put weight on my foot? And I still probably won’t be able to do a lot of walking. My boss wants to know if I can work the last week in December, but I don’t have anyway to get to work except by bus and I don’t think I’ll be able to walk to the bus stop. Besides, I think we’re going to have my grandson here for that week. I’m really looking forward to that!

Being laid up like this has felt like such a waste of time. I’ve done a lot of reading and writing, have even studied some German and done online shopping for Christmas. But I haven’t been able to put up decorations or make any goodies–and I’ve been gaining weight from not doing anything. Not something I can afford to do. I don’t know how soon I can do any significant amount of walking, to get back into shape and to hopefully lose some weight.

There are things outside of me that describe me–I’m a wife, mother and grandmother, for instance. I have two cats and I love to read, write, garden and learn languages. And there are things inside me that describe me–I’m an introvert with strong leanings toward the spiritual and intellectual, I’m ... Continue reading →